Urban Sprawl through gated communities in Gran Corrientes, Argentina. Patterns of location, urban policy incidence and environmental conflicts (2000-2024).
Between 2000 and 2024, the metropolitan area of Gran Corrientes, Argentina, experienced a fragmented and dispersed pattern of urban expansion, primarily driven by the development of gated communities (UCs) in peri-urban zones of high ecological value. This article examines this phenomenon through th...
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I48-R154-article-84362025-12-02T13:59:21Z Urban Sprawl through gated communities in Gran Corrientes, Argentina. Patterns of location, urban policy incidence and environmental conflicts (2000-2024). Expansión urbana mediante urbanizaciones cerradas en el Gran Corrientes, Argentina. Patrones de localización, incidencia de políticas públicas y conflictos ambientales (2000-2024). Rus, María Florencia gated communities environmental conflicts metropolization urbanizaciones cerradas conflictos socioambientales metropolización Between 2000 and 2024, the metropolitan area of Gran Corrientes, Argentina, experienced a fragmented and dispersed pattern of urban expansion, primarily driven by the development of gated communities (UCs) in peri-urban zones of high ecological value. This article examines this phenomenon through the lens of urban political ecology, aiming to elucidate its socio-environmental implications by analyzing the production of UCs, spatial distribution patterns, the role of urban public policies, and the emergence of environmental conflicts. A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining satellite image analysis and digital sources for georeferenced mapping, alongside documentary and journalistic reviews. The study identified thirty-seven UCs distributed across five key areas associated with metropolitan road corridors and ecologically sensitive environments. A historical periodization of the process reveals its facilitation by local government policies characterized by limited oversight, regulatory permissiveness, and ex-post regularization. These dynamics reflect a territorial production logic oriented toward real estate profitability, ultimately consolidating a fragmented and unsustainable urbanization model that intensifies socio-environmental risks. Entre 2000 y 2024, el Gran Corrientes fue escenario de una expansión urbana fragmentada y dispersa, protagonizada por urbanizaciones cerradas [UC] en áreas periurbanas de alto valor ecológico. Este artículo indaga sobre este fenómeno desde la perspectiva de la ecología política urbana, para comprender sus efectos socioambientales poniendo en relación la producción de nuevas UC, patrones de localización, políticas públicas urbanas incidentes y conflictos sociales emergentes. Se utiliza una metodología mixta, de análisis de imágenes satelitales y fuentes digitales para el mapeo georreferenciado de UC; revisión documental y de fuentes periodísticas. Se identificaron 37 UC localizadas en 5 zonas vinculadas a corredores viales metropolitanos y ambientes de valor ecológico. Se reconstruyó una periodización del fenómeno evidenciando su impulso por políticas públicas del gobierno local, escaso control, permisividad, regularización ex-post y una lógica de producción territorial orientada a la rentabilidad inmobiliaria; consolidando un patrón de urbanización fragmentado, insostenible y riesgoso. Instituto de Geografía (IGUNNE) 2025-11-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/geo/article/view/8436 10.30972/geo.22448436 Geográfica digital; Vol. 22 No. 44 (2025); 37-56 Geográfica digital; Vol. 22 Núm. 44 (2025); 37-56 Geográfica digital; v. 22 n. 44 (2025); 37-56 1668-5180 spa https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/geo/article/view/8436/8534 Derechos de autor 2025 Geográfica digital http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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Rus, María Florencia |
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Urban Sprawl through gated communities in Gran Corrientes, Argentina. Patterns of location, urban policy incidence and environmental conflicts (2000-2024). |
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Urban Sprawl through gated communities in Gran Corrientes, Argentina. Patterns of location, urban policy incidence and environmental conflicts (2000-2024). |
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Urban Sprawl through gated communities in Gran Corrientes, Argentina. Patterns of location, urban policy incidence and environmental conflicts (2000-2024). |
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Urban Sprawl through gated communities in Gran Corrientes, Argentina. Patterns of location, urban policy incidence and environmental conflicts (2000-2024). |
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Urban Sprawl through gated communities in Gran Corrientes, Argentina. Patterns of location, urban policy incidence and environmental conflicts (2000-2024). |
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urban sprawl through gated communities in gran corrientes, argentina. patterns of location, urban policy incidence and environmental conflicts (2000-2024). |
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Between 2000 and 2024, the metropolitan area of Gran Corrientes, Argentina, experienced a fragmented and dispersed pattern of urban expansion, primarily driven by the development of gated communities (UCs) in peri-urban zones of high ecological value. This article examines this phenomenon through the lens of urban political ecology, aiming to elucidate its socio-environmental implications by analyzing the production of UCs, spatial distribution patterns, the role of urban public policies, and the emergence of environmental conflicts. A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining satellite image analysis and digital sources for georeferenced mapping, alongside documentary and journalistic reviews. The study identified thirty-seven UCs distributed across five key areas associated with metropolitan road corridors and ecologically sensitive environments. A historical periodization of the process reveals its facilitation by local government policies characterized by limited oversight, regulatory permissiveness, and ex-post regularization. These dynamics reflect a territorial production logic oriented toward real estate profitability, ultimately consolidating a fragmented and unsustainable urbanization model that intensifies socio-environmental risks. |
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